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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Read in context →The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
Read in context →80 occurrences in 59 verses.
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kósmos · kos'-mos
orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
Strong's KJV usage: :--adorning, world.
Strong's first: Matthew 4:8Strong's last: Revelation 13:8
Open full G2889 profile →têbêl · tay-bale'
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Strong's KJV usage: habitable part, world.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:8Strong's last: Nahum 1:5
Open full H8398 profile →aiṓn · ahee-ohn'
properly, an age; by extension, perpetuity (also past); by implication, the world; specially (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future)
Strong's KJV usage: :--age, course, eternal, (for) ever(-more), (n-)ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end).
Strong's first: Matthew 12:32Strong's last: Hebrews 9:26
Open full G165 profile →oikouménē · oy-kou-men'-ay
land, i.e. the (terrene part of the) globe; specially, the Roman empire
Strong's KJV usage: :--earth, world.
Strong's first: Matthew 24:14Strong's last: Revelation 12:9
Open full G3625 profile →ʼerets · eh'-rets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
Strong's KJV usage: × common, country, earth, field, ground, land, × natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Strong's first: Psalms 22:27Strong's last: Jeremiah 25:26
Open full H776 profile →ʻôwlâm · o-lawm'
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Strong's KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ( without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Strong's first: Psalms 73:12Strong's last: Isaiah 64:4
Open full H5769 profile →chrónos · khron'-os
a space of time (in general, and thus properly distinguished from G2540, which designates a fixed or special occasion; and from G165, which denotes a particular period) or interval; by extension, an individual opportunity; by implication, delay
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ years old, season, space, (X often-)time(-s), (a) while.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 1:9Strong's last: Titus 1:2
Open full G5550 profile →cheled · kheh'-led
life (as a fleeting portion of time); hence, the world (as transient)
Strong's KJV usage: age, short time, world.
Strong's first: Psalms 17:14Strong's last: Psalms 49:1
Open full H2465 profile →blépō · blep'-o
to look at (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--behold, beware, lie, look (on, to), perceive, regard, see, sight, take heed.
Strong's first: Revelation 17:8Strong's last: Revelation 17:8
Open full G991 profile →gē · ghay
soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each application)
Strong's KJV usage: :--country, earth(-ly), ground, land, world.
Strong's first: Revelation 13:3Strong's last: Revelation 13:3
Open full G1093 profile →hólos · hol'-os
"whole" or "all", i.e. complete (in extent, amount, time or degree), especially (neuter) as noun or adverb
Strong's KJV usage: :--all, altogether, every whit, + throughout, whole.
Strong's first: Revelation 16:14Strong's last: Revelation 16:14
Open full G3650 profile →chedel · kheh'-del
rest, i.e. the state of the dead
Strong's KJV usage: world.
Strong's first: Isaiah 38:11Strong's last: Isaiah 38:11
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While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.
And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.
He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding.
The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.
The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
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WORLD, noun [This seems to be a compound word, and probably is named from roundness, the vault; but this is not certain.]
1. The universe; the whole system of created globes or vast bodies of matter.
2. The earth; the terraqueous globe; sometimes called the lower world
3. The heavens; as when we speak of the heavenly world or upper world
4. System of beings; or the orbs which occupy space, and all the beings which inhabit them. Hebrews 11:7.
God--hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things; by whom also he made the worlds. Hebrews 1:6.
There may be other worlds, where the inhabitants have never violated their allegiance to their Almighty sovereign.
5. Present state of existence; as while we are in the world
Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world Psalms 73:12.
6. A secular life. By the world we sometimes understand the things of this world its pleasures and interests. A great part of mankind are more anxious to enjoy the world to than secure divine favor.
7. Public life, or society; as banished from the world
8. Business or trouble of life.
From this world-wearied flesh.
9. A great multitude or quantity; as a world of business; a world of charms.
10. Mankind; people in general; in an indefinite sense. Let the world see your fortitude.
Whose disposition, all the world well knows--
11. Course of life. He begins the world with little property, but with many friends.
12. Universal empire.
This through the east just vengeance hurld, and lost poor Antony the world
13. The customs and manners of men; the practice of life. A knowledge of the world is necessary for a man of business; it is essential to politeness.
14. All the world contains.
Had I a thousand worlds, I would give them all for one year more to devote to God.
15. The principal nations or countries of the earth. Alexander conquered the world
16. The Roman empire.
17. A large tract of country; a wide compass of things.
I must descry new worlds.
18. The inhabitants of the earth; the whole human race. John 3:16.
19. The carnal state or corruption of the earth; as the present evil world; the course of this world Galatians 1:4. Ephesians 2:2.
20. The ungodly part of the world
I pray not for the world but for them that thou hast given men. John 17:5.
21. Time; as in the phrase, world without end.
22. A collection of wonders. [Not in use.]
In the world in possibility. [All the precaution in the world would not save him.]
For all the world
1. Exactly. [Little used.]
2. For any consideration.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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